Dr. Jörn Claßen advises national and international companies, public authorities, associations, as well as individuals and well-known personalities on media and press law, intellectual property law, and crisis communication.
He specializes in particular in the preventive and reactive protection of his clients in media crisis situations. Dr. Jörn Claßen represents clients in numerous complex commercial proceedings (e.g. “Cum-Ex”, Wirecard). Through effective legal defense and strategic legal communication, he protects the (corporate) personal rights of his clients before, during and after media crises.
Dr. Jörn Claßen teaches, among other things, at the University of Liechtenstein in the Executive Master of Laws (LL.M.) program in business criminal law on press law. He is also a speaker for the German Hospital Institute (DKI), the Saxon Hospital Association and the TÜV Rheinland Akademie. Furthermore, he is a regular author for legal journals.
Dr. Jörn Claßen was an expert in the German Bundestag in 2025.
In the specialist rankings of The Legal 500 and Juve, the law firm and Dr. Jörn Claßen are recognized and listed as leading in the field of press law.
University of Liechtenstein (since 2024)
Lecturer
Founding BROST CLAßEN (2020)
Partner, Attorney at Law
Universities of Fresenius and Macromedia (since 2018)
Lecturer
Höcker (2017 – 2020)
Attorney at Law
OLG Hamm (2014 – 2017)
Legal clerkship
Delius Klasing Verlag (2013 – 2017)
Corporate lawyer
Air Force Officer School (2013 – 2015)
Reserve officer
Universities of Bielefeld, Munich, Münster (2007 – 2013)
Studies, doctorate
University of Liechtenstein (since 2024)
Hochschule Fresenius, locations Cologne and Düsseldorf (since 2018)
Hochschule Macromedia (since 2019)
Deutscher Anwaltverein
Kölner Anwaltverein
Kölner Juristische Gesellschaft
Christlich Demokratische Union, Kreisverband Köln
Mittelstands- und Wirtschaftsvereinigung der CDU Köln
Tax & Legal Excellence
Borussia VfL 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach
German, English